The streamer fishing is day to day and section to section on the creek these days, but if you hit it right, there are some good fish to be had.  The dryfly action has been decent but not red hot by any means and has been quite a bit better on the upper 1/3 of the river recently. The best window for top water action has been getting smaller and smaller and is now lasting from about 2 to 4.  You can hook up pretty consistently subsurface on a variety of nymphs including copper Johns, San Juans and other standard fare, but you’ll touch a bunch of whities!

 

 

HATCHES: hoppers, BWOs, PMDS, Caddis, October Caddis, Mahoganies, Hecubas

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Rock Creek is in a lot better shape, water temp wise, than the other area waters. But is still very low for this time of year. FWP has not enacted the hoot owl closures up here yet, but that could change as summer stumbles on. The dry fly fishing has been very good in the mornings and evenings, but the middle afternoon has been slow in the heat. For top water morning patters, use a parachute PMD, low riding yellow sally, or small goddard caddis. Hopper/dropper rigs during the afternoon is the ticket. There are caddis hatches in the evening, and golden stones, PMDs, and yellow sallies available during the rest of the day. For dry flies, use chubby Chernobyls, stimulators, bullet head stones, half downs, parachute adams, purple hazes, elk hair caddis, yellow sallies and para wulffs. For sub surface patterns use micro stones, pheasant tails, Pat’s rubber legs, San Juan Worms, caddis pupae, double beaded stones and batman nymphs.

 

HATCHES: Golden stones, BWOs, PMDS, yellow sallies, Caddis

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